BRIDGE NOTES

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21198, 23 June 1934, Page 8

BRIDGE NOTES

« —- "SUPPORTING PARTNER" \SVECIAI.Lt WBITrEM FOB THE TRESS.) [By AVITjLIAM SHACKLISJ In last week's article several ex amples were given of hands whicl require one to remain silent thougl seemingly they are of sufficien strength to warrant a bid. To-day we go one step further for ward and explain why one shoulc sometimes support partner but a others say "no bid, though holdins identical cards in each instance. Tlii: seeming anomaly occurs because part ner may have given two entirely din erent messages by two identical b'ds Suppose for instance "A* bids hear as on initial bid. "B' knows that A holds certain specific strength n hearts and some other suit or suits If "A" bid one heart over one dia mond a different diagnosis must b( made. Again the bidding may haw gone thus: — "A" no bid. "Y" 1 "B" no bid, "Z" one diamond, "A 1 heart. This bid of "A" on the sec ond round must convey quite differ ent information from what would hav' been given had "A" originally said om heart before "Y" or "Z" had showi his respective suit. "A's" bid on th second round said "Partner, I'm shor suited in clubs and diamonds, but have a five or six card suit of heart and at least one trick in spades. From the foregoing it is a simple mat ter to work out for oneself what re sponse to give partner if he is no the opening bidder. The next step seems, however, t be found more difficult to the aver age player. How should partner re spond to a bid which one's partne has unexpectedly made on the thiri or fourth round, when up to the tim of such bid he ha dsaid "no bid" There is only one answer to the ques tion and that is no bid.. Many player are tempted to raise partner becaus they think that their hand would b of some use in partner's bid. Quit likely, too, it wjll be, yet one mus remember that there has been quit a lot of bidding before partner bi and he has, by correct reasoning, real iscd that your hand would be usefi to him. Perhaps, however, he ha bid in order to mislead an opponer or even to encourage one of them t bid into the very suit in which h himself would like the hand to b played. "But what if I hold reall strong cards of my partner's suit? the question is often asked. Still sa "no bid," for your strength show positively that your partner's han ideas JJC& jsosHjk -Jgft-ldi&H

I he really wanted to play the hand—therefore bis bid must be a manoeuvre ! wneottrag*- th® rspppnents te> jnatea

-i a false move. Do not. spoil his 51 of success by interposing a DW£